Numbers 32:7 “Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land th…”

Numbers 32:7

Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

World English Bible

Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?

American Standard Version

And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Jehovah hath given them?

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore now discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel, to goe ouer into the lande, which the Lord hath giuen them?

Darby Translation

And why do ye discourage the children of Israel from going over into the land that Jehovah has given them?

Young's Literal Translation

and why discourage ye the heart of the sons of Israel from passing over unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them?

Bible in Basic English

Why would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?

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Cross references

“wherefore”

Numbers 32:9 Numbers 21:4 Deuteronomy 1:28

Numbers 32:9 · BSB

For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

Numbers 21:4 · BSB

Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey

Deuteronomy 1:28 · BSB

Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”

“discourage”

Acts 21:13

Acts 21:13 · BSB

Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Also

Numbers 13:27–14:4

Numbers 13:27–14:4 · BSB

And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

8This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.

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